The China gambit: from Nixon to Trump
When Richard M. Nixon went to Beijing in 1972, it was a gamble. He was betting that a diplomatic opening with the Communist government, and downgrading relations with Taiwan, which claimed to be the rightful ruler of China, would serve American interests. Successive visits to China by American presidents built on that idea. The visits […]
Are you frail?
In the 1980s and ’90s, doctors diagnosed frailty largely based on their intuition. “We used to say, ‘You know it when you see it,’” said Dr. Peter Abadir, an associate professor of geriatric medicine and gerontology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Which is just a crude way of saying frail people look […]
Acuerdan JMAS y Municipio producción de composta para fortalecer espacios verdes
Ciudad Juárez, Chih.- La Junta de Agua y Saneamiento de Juárez (JMAS) acordó trabajar de manera coordinada con el Gobierno Municipal para impulsar la producción de composta a gran escala, con el objetivo de mejorar las áreas verdes de la ciudad y apoyar al sector agrícola de la región. El director ejecutivo de la JMAS, […]